John C. Ruoff papers, ca. 1972-2002 (bulk 1992-2000).

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John C. Ruoff papers, ca. 1972-2002 (bulk 1992-2000).

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The collection, following the original order of the donor, contains materials grouped by subject, consisting almost exclusively of demographics, statistics, and data collected by John C. Ruoff in his capacity as Director of South Carolina Fair Share. The bulk is mostly data and statistics regarding legal cases for which Ruoff provided expert testimony. Legal cases include NAACP v. City of Columbia (1993), NAACP v. Richland County, Williams v. Baldwin County Commission, Able v. Wilkins, Smith v. Beasley, NAACP v. Kershaw County, and NAACP v. Spartanburg County Board of Education mostly regarding voting rights, local and state cases concerning reapportionment and redistricting, school desegregation, deregulation and restructuring of the electric industry and bus routes involving the SC Electric and Gas Co., auto insurance reforms, and various other economic and social reforms such as crack-addicted babies, teen pregnancy, statutory and marital rape, and other issues.

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

South Carolina Fair Share.

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South Carolina Electric & Gas Company.

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Ruoff, John Carl, 1948-

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John Carl Ruoff (b.1948) received a Ph. D. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1976, specializing in social and cultural history of the 19th century American South. Earlier, he received an A.M. in history from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1971) and a B.A. in history from Seattle (WA) University (1969). Starting in 1987, he has worked as Executive and then Research Director for South Carolina Fair Share, a civil rights advocacy group, providing sta...